House Foreign Affairs Committee chairman takes next step to hold Blinken in contempt of Congress

Published March 1, 2024 11:28am ET



House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) announced Thursday that the committee would hold a markup on a resolution to hold Secretary of State Antony Blinken in contempt of Congress.

The markup is planned for March 7, with the announcement coming just days after McCaul renewed his threat to hold Blinken in contempt while the State Department “continues to withhold” subpoenaed documents on the United States’s withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021.

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